Join the World Affairs Council and noted American economist Benn Steil for a conversation on his latest book, “The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War.” Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil’s presentation will outline the episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relations and Stalin’s determination to crush the Marshall Plan in Europe.
Given current echoes of the Cold War, as Putin’s Russia rattles the world order, the tenuous balance of power and uncertain order of the late 1940s is as relevant as ever. Steil will use the context of history to clarify today’s international landscape.
Each paying attendee will receive a signed copy of Steil’s book.
Alamo Colleges DistrictRoom W-1002222 N Alamo StSan Antonio, TX 78215
Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics, as well as the official historian in residence, at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the founding editor of International Finance, a scholarly economics journal. Prior to his joining the Council in 1999, he was director of the International Economics Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He came to the Institute in 1992 from a Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he received his MPhil and DPhil (PhD) in economics. He also holds a BSc in economics summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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